University teachers busy lobbying for admin positions: President Hamid
President Abdul Hamid on Saturday called upon the university teachers not to compromise with their ideals and principles for personal gains like having recruitment to lucrative positions in the administration, reports news agency UNB.
“A teacher must be a symbol of ideals and principles. As the chancellor, I get shocked seeing all the reports published in media these days,” the president said.
Teachers are busy lobbying for various positions in the administration without attending their regular activities in the universities, Hamid said in his speech at the 11th Convocation of Rajshahi University, held at RU’s Sheikh Kamal Stadium in the afternoon.
He said many teachers do not even hesitate to use their students for their personal gain. The president expressed his disappointment at the fact that students and teachers have forgotten the ideal of their relationship and now involved in transactions of mutual interest.
“This is highly shameful and disgraceful,” Abdul Hamid added.
The president reminded the teachers of their role and what people expect from them. As people see teachers at the highest level of dignity and respect, Abdul Hamid warned them not to compromise with principles and ideals for personal gain.
The president asked the teachers to uphold their dignity saying that they should take the responsibility so that personal interests cannot destroy ideals and ideology.
“You’re very much aware politically. Political ideology can be different from one person to another. But it must be ensured that it does not affect the institutions or students negatively,” he said.
Terming the graduates the most worthy human resources of the country, the president said the future development and progress of Bangladesh depend on them. “Your knowledge, talent and wisdom will be the main driving force for development in the future.”
He told them always to be driven by morality to uphold truth and justice and put a stop to corruption and wrongdoings.
Describing graduates as conscious citizens of the state, the president called on them to remain careful so that conscience is never defeated.
He also reminded them that the people of this country paid for their education and therefore they owe a debt of gratitude. “It’s time to pay off that debt. If you can bring benefit to the country and people with your talents, deeds and honesty, that debt will be repaid.”
Hamid asked the new graduates not to forget their country and its people, no matter where they reside.
A total of 3,432 graduates registered their names in the convocation. Of them, 666 were from the arts faculty, 89 from law faculty, 377 from science faculty, 505 from business studies faculty, 582 from the social science faculty, 310 from the life and earth science faculty, 85 from agriculture faculty, 135 from the engineering faculty and 43 from the fine arts faculty.
Six other graduates also registered their names for post-graduation, MPhil and PhD degrees while 511 for MBBS and 123 for BDS degrees at the convocation.
Vice chancellor of Vidyasagar University in West Bengal, India professor Ranjan Chakrabarti was the convocation speaker while education minister Dipu Moni attended as special guest.